Greater Leisure Time Physical Activity Is Associated with Lower Allostatic Load in White, Black, and Mexican American Midlife Women: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 through 2004

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 680-687

  Upchurch, Dawn M ^a   Rainisch, Bethany Wexler ^b   Chyu, Laura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALLOSTATIC LOAD; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MARRIAGE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; WEIGHT BEARING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLOSTASIS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLOSTASIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84946499847     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2015.07.002     Document Type: Article

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